Hawtreys

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Hawtreys Preparatory School was an independent school near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire.

The school was based in Tottenham House, a large Palladian country house near the village of Great Bedwyn. Originally a preparatory school for boys only, girls were admitted in the 1980s.

In the 1990s, the school merged with Cheam School, near Newbury, Berkshire, which is formally called Cheam Hawtreys, but generally known simply as Cheam School.

Hawtreys Preparatory School was an independent school near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire.

It was founded in 1869 by the Reverend John Hawtrey. He had been a boy at Eton, entering at the age of 8. When, in later life he was a master at Eton, he was offered his own house of boys. He decided to remove all the younger boys from the school. With the permission of Eton College, he took the lowest two forms out to a separate school in Slough, housed in what is now St Bernard's Convent. It was known as St Michael's School, being opened first on St Michael's day. John Hawtrey's son, Edward, removed the school to Westgate-on-Sea early in the twentieth century. When Edward Hawtrey died, the name of the school was changed to Hawtreys. The school buildings were requisitioned during the Second World War and the school moved to Oswestry, to the home of Sir William Wynn-Williams. In 1946 it moved to Wiltshire. The school was based in Tottenham House, a large Palladian country house near the village of Great Bedwyn in the heart of the Savernake Forest. Throughout the history of the school, a close connection was maintained with Eton College to which most boys moved, aged 13.

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Hawtreys Preparatory School was an independent school near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire.

The school was based in Tottenham House, a large Palladian country house near the village of Great Bedwyn. Originally a preparatory school for boys only, girls were admitted in the 1980s.

In the 1990s, the school merged with Cheam School, near Newbury, Berkshire, which is formally called Cheam Hawtreys, but generally known simply as Cheam School.

It was founded in 1869 by the Reverend John Hawtrey. He had been a boy at Eton, entering at the age of 8. When, in later life he was a master at Eton, he was offered his own house of boys. He decided to remove all the younger boys from the school. With the permission of Eton College, he took the lowest two forms out to a separate school in Slough, housed in what is now St Bernard's Convent. It was known as St Michael's School, being opened first on St Michael's day. John Hawtrey's son, Edward, removed the school to Westgate-on-Sea early in the twentieth century. When Edward Hawtrey died, the name of the school was changed to Hawtreys. The school buildings were requisitioned during the Second World War and the school moved to Oswestry, to the home of Sir William Wynn-Williams. In 1946 it moved to Wiltshire. The school was based in Tottenham House, a large Palladian country house in the heart of the Savernake Forest. Throughout the history of the school, a close connection was maintained with Eton College to which most boys moved, aged 13.

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• Henry VIII Houses
• Cheam School - official site

[edit] Wiltshire Schools

Wiltshire Schools
Comprehensive Schools: Sheldon school | St John's School and Community College
Grammar Schools: South Wilts Grammar School for Girls | Bishop Wordsworth's School
Independent Schools: Avondale School | Kingwell Court Preparatory School | Grittleton House School | La Retraite Swan School
Public Schools: Dauntsey's School | Marlborough College
Former Schools: The Old Ride School | Hawtreys